E. Read the text and complete gaps 1-7 with the correct form and tense of each verb in capitals. Kid inventions
Becky Schroeder was only 10 years old when she came up with the idea of the glo-paper. Two years 1)___LATE, in 1974, her invention was patented. She became the 2) YOUNG female to ever receive a patent in the United States.
The idea came to her when she tried to do her homework in the family car, while her mother shopped for groceries. It 3)GET dark gradually, and she couldn’t see her notebook very well. She 4) NOT HAVE a flashlight and imagined how nice it would be to have a paper that glows in the dark and allows you to write effortlessly without light. A year of research and experiment and she did it!
A white flag
It’s always a problem for me to find my car in a huge parking lot. After reading an article with a piece of advice for people like me, I decided to follow it one day. I attached a tissue to the car’s antenna with a rubber band. The little white flag waving in the breeze 5) SUPPOSE to help me spot my car easily. So I went 6) SHOP . When I 7) COME out, I quickly spotted a little white flag … and about ten others.